A meaningful life in the era of climate change

This a is a big question  and of course no one has an answer that suits all of us.

Let's start with the problem that some of us see, but the most of us seem to not grip.

Climate change may be an existential question.

Why? Is it not the solution political and technical? If whe more and more produce energy with solar and wind power and drive electric cars we will stop climate change....

Sustainable development is just a some words without meaning. There no such thing.
Yes, people that ate selling things, like Elon Musk, wants it to be true.
What will the mining for the ingredients in the batteries mean for nature?
 And is the e-cares just an excuse for to go on with economic growth?

Some says this is a question how to relate to death.
Both the death of the individual and of our civilization
How to relate to the fast that everything comes to an end.

But the same persons that use to say that we are in real danger also use to say that our world may be very rare.
For example, we haven seen any signals from other planets that indicates that there are intelligent life there. So maybe its very difficult for civilizations like ours to survive.

Its anyway really important to be aware of that we can destroy our own civilisation.
But that doesn't mean that we can destroy all life here. It will flourish even if we disappear.

One of the people that really is aware is Roy Scranton;




And if Scranton is right - what is a meaningful life about then?

Well, that must be a subjective choice, but what about work?

Freud said that love and work is the most important things in life..

My work is to help people with severe  mental handicaps.

They will mot improve, so the main task is to let them live a worthy life.

To see them laugh end enjoy life is so beautiful.

You know that they will gp old to and die and their life will have sad end, like mine.

But they help me to live in the here and now. As their memories often is vague as their ideas of the future and of time.

When I lead meditation sessions I do it with people without handicaps and them I have to help in other ways. Their worries are of a more subtle kind as their thinking is.
It may take a longer time to make them calm down a be here and now.

But if they succeed they will be a bit more happy.

And this is enough for me - even if  civilization and science would go "boink".














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